Hel. Norse goddess of death.

Helen of Troy. Greek wife of Menelaus. Eloped with Paris to Troy causing Trojan War.

Henry IV. 1050-1106. Holy Roman Emperor, 1056-. Civil War. Struggles with Gregory VII led to excommunication. Worms Synod. Clement III.

Henry IV. 1366-1413. Rebelled vs Richard II. King of England 1399-. Consolidated government. First Lancaster.

Herculano, Alexandre. 1810-77. Portuguese Romantic poet.

Hillel. c30BC-9. Jewish commentator. 7 Rules for interpreting Bible.

Hindemith, Paul. 1895-1963. German Gebrauchmusik movement composer. Music as social expression.

Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.

Hiss, Alger. 1904-96. Alleged communist spy in US State Department. Jailed for perjury 1950-4.

Hobbes, Thomas. 1588-1679. English Materialist Determinist philosopher. Nominalist. Royalist. Good is that which brings pleasure; evil, pain. Mind is the result of physical activity in the brain. Elements of Law 1640. Leviathan 1651.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 1841-1935. US Supreme Court Justice 1902-32. Law as social instrument.

Holst, Gustav. 1874-1934. British composer: original style, harmonic experiments. Planets 1918.

Home Rule Bill. 1914 Separate Irish Parliament. 1920 Government of Ireland Act. Irish Free State.

Home Rule Movement, Irish. 1870-c1920. For independence from Britain.

Hu Yaobang. 1915-89. Liberal Chinese Communist Party chairman. Death led to Tiananmen demonstrations.

Hubbard, L Ron. 1911-86. Science Fiction writer. Founded Scientology. Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health.

Hui-neng. 638-713. Chinese Zen priest. Satori-sudden enlightenment.

Hull, Cordell. 1871-1955. US Secretary of State. UN founder. Trade agreements.

Hundred Flowers Movement. China. 1956-7. Increased freedom of intellectuals. Criticism of Party led to backlash.

Hungarian Uprising. 1703-11. Ferenc Rákóczi II led vs Hapsburg centralism. No real change achieved. 1956. Student-led revolt crushed by Russian troops. Kádár puppet government established. Nagy executed.

Husserl, Edmund. 1859-1938. German philosopher. Phenomenology.

Hymen. Greek god of marriage.

I Am. 1934-. US religious movement founded by Ballard.

I Ching. 12C BC. Supplement 475BC. Chinese Book of Changes. 64 hexagrams used for divination. Early ethics, philosophy text.

Idealism, German. 18C. Pre-Romantic movement.

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